Grassmere collection, 1786-1985.

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Grassmere collection, 1786-1985.

Consists of items relating to five generations of the family who lived at Grassmere Farm in Nashville, Tennessee: Michael C. Dunn (1770-1853), Lee Shute, William Dickson Shute (1834-1916), Kate Shute Croft (1865-1925), and the Croft sisters, Margaret (1889-1974) and Elise (1894-1985).

ca. 10,000 items.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7261208

Related Entities

There are 25 Entities related to this resource.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f29rp1 (person)

Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States. Born on March 15, 1767 in the Waxhaw Settlement in South Carolina; though just a boy, participated in the battle of Hanging Rock during the Revolution, captured by the British and imprisoned. He worked for a time in a saddler's shop and afterward taught school before studying law in Salisbury, N.C. In 1788 he was appointed solicitor of the western district of North Carolina, comprising what is now the State of Tennessee. Upon the admission of T...

Shute, William Dickson, 1834-1916.

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Croft family.

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Johnson Island Prison

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Johnson Island, located in Sandusky, Ohio, operated as a federal prisoner of war depot, housing Confederate officers and other enlisted men captured in battle, from April 1862 to September 1865. From the guide to the Johnson Island Prison Autograph Albums, ., 1861-1865, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Union army prison in Ohio. From the description of Diagram, 1862. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat...

Hawkins family.

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Dunn, Michael C., 1770-1853.

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Dunn family.

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Brickell family.

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Croft, Elise, 1894-1985

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qr8bfx (person)

Murfree, Hardy, 1752-1809

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dg05jm (person)

Shute family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f56vx9 (family)

Richardson family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tf9418 (family)

Hilliard family.

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Shute, Margaret Dunn, b. 1811.

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Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873

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American naval officer and oceanographer. From the description of Letter to Capt. Charles Wilkes [manuscript], 1848 March 15. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647808228 From the description of Letter to Andrew Hull Foote [manuscript], 1856 April 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647817495 Epithet: Astronomer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x000219 ...

Wharton family.

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Croft, Kate Carner Shute, 1865-1925.

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Polk family.

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Murphy family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65n5cdr (family)

Raines family.

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Polk, William, 1758-1834

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sx6ddw (person)

Shute, Lee

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rr4mwv (person)

Polk, Thomas G.

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Grassmere (Davidson County, Tenn.)

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Croft, Margaret, 1889-1974

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